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Easily the most visible rep-resentation of local veteransgroups is their color guard.

Wherever there is a ceremo-ny, parade or special event, of-ten a group of uniformed veter-ans is there to present the col-ors. While their participation inthe event might be brief, it hassignificant meaning.

“We take pride in what wedo,” Army Veteran Bob Calderof Anderson Township said.“Our weapons, uniforms, we’reveterans. We represent all vet-erans past and present.”

Color guards also representthe price of freedom.

“Freedom is not free,” Armyveteran Jerry Maynus, com-mander of the color guard forAmerican Legion Post 69 inReading, said. “We are trying torepresent all veterans andbring knowledge to the generalpublic. Where I’m coming frommyself, the freedom we allhave, it’s not a given. It’s notfree. We had to fight for thatfreedom. The guard is a re-minder of this.”

Calder is one of 12 membersof the color guard from Amer-ican Legion Post 318 in Ander-son Township. Guard com-

mander is Marine Veteran NateLampe. Air Force VeteranKeith Musselman and Navy

Veteran Gary Gregorio are alsoactive color guard members.They are all very aware of the

prestige associated with whatthey do. For this reason, theydrill monthly and arrive early

at their venues to do a practicerun.

While Veteran’s Day, Memo-rial Day and the Fourth of Julyare busy, it’s not the only timethey present the colors.

Sporting events, military fu-nerals, parades, formal events,they’re pretty much open tomost invitations. The only limi-tations are having enough peo-ple to provide a color guard unit.

The Anderson legion post re-cently put out a call for addition-al volunteers for its color guard.It’s a regular request but oftengoes unanswered. Gregorio not-ed that Lampe recently tookover the role of guard com-mander.

“Nobody else wanted to,”Gregorio said. The color guardis part of the Uniform ServicesCommittee. “Keith and Bob,they are the heart and soul ofthe committee,” he said. Bothhave challenges. Calder has lossof hearing and Musselman has aform of Parkinson’s that makesit difficult for him to speak.Both have special devices tohelp them. They call their dis-abilities “minor inconve-niences,” Gregorio said. “I wishwe had 20 guys like this. It’s apleasure to be here.”

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Four members of the color guard from American Legion Post 318 in Anderson Township: Gary Gregorio, Bob Calder,Keith Musselman and Nate Lampe.

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dress, but it nowboasts a brand-new look.

The MountWashingtonCommunityCouncil un-veiled its updat-ed website,

www.mwcc.org, March 19. Theredesign took several months.

It’s more streamlined,Mount Washington Communi-ty Council board member Dan-

ielle Necessary said.Necessary provided a look

at the website during council’sMarch 18 meeting.

“(We) tried to keep it simple,informative and user-friend-ly,” Necessary said.

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The working relationship be-tween governmental agencies inAnderson Township might be ex-panding.

The three have a long-stand-ing working relationship when itcomes to services and supportbetween the administrators andstaff. In a unique move March 19,members of the Anderson Town-ship Board of Trustees, the An-derson Township Park DistrictBoard of Commissioners andForest Hills Board of Educationmet in executive session to dis-cuss the purchase of property.

The three entities came to-gether in the spirit of collabora-tion and it’s the first time this hasoccurred in at least the last 20

years, Township AdministratorVicky Earhart said.

Trustee Andrew Pappas saidthat this type of collaboration issomething voters indicated thatthey wanted in Anderson Town-ship.

“We promised collaboration,”Trustee J osh Gerth said. It’s onething to share gas or servicesand something completely dif-ferent to work collaborativelytogether for the benefit of thecommunity, he said.

Even if not a lot happens, atleast the effort was made, Trus-tee President Russ Jackson said.

Earhart said that the March19 meeting could be the first ofseveral executive sessions andpublic meetings between thetownship, park district andschool district.

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website will see Mt. Wash-ington’s new logo. Otherfeatures include informa-tion on the Mount Wash-ington Community Coun-cil, its bylaws and funding,details on committees as-sociated with council andnews and announcements,

which will likely be regu-larly updated.

“It will be a work in pro-gress,” Necessary said.“(It) continues to evolve.”

During the Marchmeeting, Mount Washing-ton resident Jo Ann Kava-naugh also announcedplans for a poetry readingat the Mount Washington-branch of the Public Li-brary of Cincinnati andHamilton County in April.

Kavanaugh, who headscouncil’s Cultural Arts

Programming Committeesaid the event will be 6 p.m.Thursday, April 30, at 2049Beechmont Ave.

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On April 9 at noon, An-derson Township resi-dent Kathy Rose will bespeaking at EastsideTechnology Talks about“Introducing You toFacebook.”

Rose is an innovative

and strategy-focusedmarket research profes-sional who is followingher passion for socialmedia marketing.

She has volunteeredher research and mediatalents with the JobSearch Learning Labsand other regionalgroups interested in so-cial media.

The presentation willbe held at the AndersonSenior Center, 7970Beechmont Ave., 45255.You can see details here:http://bit.ly/EastsideTechnologyTalks

InterfaithGathering to Prayfor Peace

On Wednesday April

8, at 7 p.m., Greater An-derson Promotes Peace(GAPP) and EasternHills Friends Meetingwill host an interfaithgathering to pray forpeace.

Everyone is invited tothe Friends MeetingHouse, 1671 Nagel Roadin Anderson Township.

“We felt helplessabout violence in ourcommunity or across theworld until we decided tomeet and pray together,”said Martha Viehmann, amember of the FriendsMeeting and GAPP.

For more informa-tion, see GAPPeace.orgor about Quakers, seeEasternHillsFriend-s.org.

Country Classicevent and dance atPatriot Center

Jim King's “CountryClassic Event andDance” will be the placeto be Saturday, April 11,at the Patriot Center,6660 Clough Pike, hostedby Anderson AmericanLegion Post 318.

The music and danc-ing will be from 8 p.m.until 11 p.m., with doorsopening at 7 p.m. Reser-vations are recommend-ed.

Tickets are $10 perperson, in advance, andinclude band music andvocals by country leg-end's tribute perform-ers, dancing, tablesnacks, and a cash bar.

No beverages of anykind may be brought in,and you must be 21 yearsof age to attend.

Tickets are availableat post318.org, clickingon the Special Events tabwhich will provide youwith information and alink to the ticketing site,or you can go directly tothe ticketing site atshowclix.com/event/3957134.

You can also contactthe ticketing site byphone at 888-718-4253,selecting Option 1, andasking for Patriot Centerof Cincinnati events.

Should there therestill be any availabletickets on the night ofevent, they will be $12.50each at the door.

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Maynus said Reading’scolor guard is also open tomost invitations to pre-sent. He has a list of 15names of color guardmembers, but usuallyonly three to five are ac-tive. A few of the mem-bers are retired and haveflexible schedules, but therest are employed and areunavailable for most day-time engagements.“That’s the struggle,” hesaid.

Also a struggle, overalldwindling membership.The veterans from WWIand WWII are nearly allgone, Maynus said. Theveterans from the Koreanand Vietnam Wars aregetting old. At one timethe American Legion Post69 was 1,100 membersstrong. Today its numberstotal about 360.

Despite declining num-bers, these veterans do allthey can to representtheir nation and educatethe public about the costof freedom and respectfor the flag and all it rep-resents. When not servingin color guard details,many members visitschools to teach children.

“We go to schools andteach flag etiquette tochildren,” Lampe said.“We teach them the histo-ry of the service andmore. It’s just somethingelse we do.”

Serving on the colorguard is a prestigious andimportant duty, Mussel-man noted. “It’s about re-spect for the flag and forthe veterans who servedand those who havepassed on. We’re doing itfor respect of the uniformand country,” he said.

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The Anderson Town-ship Board of Trusteesmeet at 6 p.m. the thirdThursday of everymonth at Anderson Cen-ter. These are a few of thehighlights from theMarch 19 meeting.

Township renewsKZF contract

The Anderson Town-ship Trustees approved acontract with KZF De-sign Inc. for BeechmontCorridor EngineeringServices, including: co-ordination with the OhioDepartment of Transpor-tation’s access manage-ment project, work withredevelopment projects,and providing technical

and mapping expertisefor the consolidation ofthe Beechmont plans.

The township hasused the engineering ser-vices of KZF for manyyears, township assis-tant Administrator forOperations Steve Sie-vers said. The townshipdoes not have an engi-neer on staff. The con-tract is $15,000.

Memorial Daycontribution

A contribution of $100will be given to the Amer-ican Legion AndersonPost 318 for the posts Me-morial Day observation.Township AdministratorVicky Earhart said that

the Ohio Revised Code al-lows townships to pro-vide funding to local le-gions for Memorial Dayobservances. Post 318goes through every cem-etery in the township tohonor fallen veterans.

Dewey’s one stepcloser to opening

Dewey’s Pizza is onestep closer to opening inAnderson Township af-ter the trustees decidednot to object to the res-taurant’s liquor permitrequest. Dewey’s will bethe anchor restaurant ina new development alongBeechmont Avenue atWitt Road and is expect-ed to open this summer.

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The winter can be atough time for both expe-rienced and would-betriathletes.

Mercy Health Health-Plex personal trainerBrendan Wiese, MountWashington, knows thisall too well. One of the pro-grams he offers is an on-going eight-week triath-lon training program. Asyou would expect, the pro-gram prepares people toparticipate in a triathlon.That’s great in the sum-mer when such events areabundant. During the win-ter, however, just try tofind a tri.

Looking to shakethings up a bit, Wiese de-cided to organize a “tri“event of his own at theHealthPlex. The first in-door mini triathlon wasJan. 25. The event raisedmore than $800 for theCrohns & Colitis Founda-tion of America and gave18 people a chance to par-ticipate in the indoor mini.

Just six of the partici-pants were from his tritraining program. Theothers decided on theirown to participate. All ap-parently enjoyed the ex-perience and have signedup to be part of Wiese’straining program.

This is good news toWiese and one of his stu-dents. Danny Pond grewup in Anderson Township,but lives in Madeira. Hejoined Wiese’s group totrain for the mini triath-

lon along with his father,Jeff Pond. It was his stepmom, Amy, who intro-duced the idea of the minitri to the men. An employ-ee at the HealthPlex, hergoal was to get her hus-band involved. When hebaulked at the idea, Pondembraced it as a way ofgetting his dad on board.It worked.

For Pond, the group ofeight to 10 people trainingtwice a week was a posi-tive experience.

“It was cool workingout with everyone else,”he said. “You’re all sweat-ing it out together.”

In addition to inspiringhis dad, Pond had anothergoal in mind – dropping a

few pounds before hisMay wedding. Admitted-ly, it had been awhile sincehe had hit the gym muchless ran one mile

“Honestly, if you askedme four months ago to runamile - the last time I ran amile was in high schooland it seemed like thelongest thing in theworld,” Pond said. Now

he’s in a position to run 20-minutes with no problem.Though, he’s not ready torun a full triathlon justyet.

As for his goal of drop-ping a few pounds, that’sgone extremely well.Pond has lost 35 pounds,down to 242 from 275. Histarget weight loss goal is220. Due to a cold, hemissed out on the mini tri,but it’s on his bucket list toachieve independently.

The mini triathlon fea-tured a 10-minute swim,30-minute cycle and 20-minute run.

Wiese said Januaryseemed a good time ofyear to introduce peopleto the idea of running atriathlon.

For many, this could bean intimidating challenge.The benefit of an indoormini tri event is the ven-ue. Instead of swimmingin a river, participantsswim in the pool. The run-ning is on an indoor trackinstead of a road, and par-ticipants don’t need tobring a bike.

The trainer called thefirst annual indoor minitriathlon a successfulevent. He looks forwardto doing it again next year.

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Mercy Health HealthPlex personal trainer Brendan Wiese andrecent indoor triathlon participant Danny Pond.

The Hamilton CountySheriff’s Office District5 and Anderson Town-ship are adding onemore tool to their com-munications arsenal.

Both have recentlyembraced Nextdoor.This private social net-work is free to users andfacilitates communica-tions between neigh-bors.

Through the use ofNextdoor, the HamiltonCounty Sheriff’s Officeis able to increase safetyand strengthen virtualneighborhood watch.

“Having the ability toeasily communicatewith residents is ex-tremely vital to not onlymaintaining, but in-creasing, safety and re-ducing crime within An-derson Township neigh-borhoods,” said Cpl.Dave Boiman in a pressrelease. “With Nextdoor,we can help empowerneighbors to keep theircommunities safe andconnected and givethem the ability to col-laborate on virtualneighborhood watch ef-forts.”

Resident and Neigh-borhood Watch memberKim Kempke is an advo-cate of using socialmedia to quickly and ef-ficiently communicatekey safety informationto the community. Somuch so, she created theFacebook group Watch-ful Eyes of AndersonTownship. There she re-lays crime and safety in-

formation pertaining tothe township.

Nextdoor gives thetownship one more plat-form to use when com-municating with resi-dents, making it easierfor everyone to selecttheir favorite platform,Kempke said.

“I think it’s awesome.I love it,” she said ofNextdoor. “It’s just soeasy and quick.”

In addition to Next-door, the sheriff’s de-partment has an emailnetwork (AndersonTownship CommunityOutreach Network) andcommunicates with a to-tal of 335 contacts - resi-dents and businesses.

Members are linkedthrough an e-mail sys-tem and are kept up-to-date on law enforcementinformation, bulletins,wanted posters, etc. inAnderson Township andHamilton County.

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Hamilton CountyBoard of Health complet-ed its annual reorganiza-tion, electing Tracey A.Puthoff, Anderson Town-ship, as president of theboard and electing MarkRippe, Indian Hill, as vicepresident.

Board member Dr.Kenneth Amend of GreenTownship was reappointedby the Hamilton CountyDistrict Advisory Council.The District AdvisoryCouncil is made up ofpresidents of the townshipboards of trustees, village

mayors and the presidentof the Board of CountyCommissioners.

The five-memberBoard of Health is the gov-erning body of HamiltonCounty Public Health.

The board has the au-thority to adopt publichealth rules and regula-tions, which have the samestatus as law, and to enactpolicies. The board meetson the second Monday ofeach month at 6:30 p.m. atHamilton County PublicHealth, 250 William How-ard Taft, in Corryville.

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Plans were to by theend of last year open thetunnel built to allow north-bound Interstate 275 traf-fic headed east on stateRoute 32 to bypass sometraffic and traffic signalsand emerge beyond East-gate Boulevard.

“The reason that itdidn’t open is becausewhen they were preparingto open it, the lighting in-side was an issue becausethe sunrise and the sunsetinto it created a glare is-sue in there and theydidn’t really have enough

time to complete all of thelighting and testing thatthey needed to do,” UnionTownship AdministratorKen Geis told the town-ship board of trustees at arecent meeting.

“Rather than rush thatproject, they decided topostpone that and to gothrough the season andmake sure they can getthat right when they openthat.”

Elizabeth Lyons, publicinformation specialistwith the Ohio Departmentof Transportation’s dis-trict office in Lebanon,said there is no problemwith the tunnel lightsthemselves.

“The lights are nothooked up and withoutthem there is an issue withsun glare as you gothrough,” Lyons said.

“We won’t open it untilthe lights are hooked up

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work done, we just needDuke (Energy) to hook up

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open until the job is done,around Sept. 1.”

Geis expects people tobe watching closely.

“Probably one of themost asked questions iswhen is the tunnel going toopen,” Geis said.

Ohio and ClermontCounty are spending morethan $80 million on sepa-rate road construction andimprovements in the East-gate area.

That includes work atthe interchange of I-275and state Route 32, whichstate transportation offi-cials say should finish inabout six months.

“We’re getting backinto the season where theroad improvements aregoing to begin to startagain,” Geis said, report-ing when the followingprojects should finish:

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» Constructing aroundabout at the inter-section of Clepper Laneand Eastgate South Driveby Jungle Jim’s Interna-tional Market at 4450Eastgate South Drive alsoshould finish this year.

“They’re trying tomake sure that they getthe timing right so thatthey don’t bump into theChristmas and theThanksgiving season onthat,” Geis said

» Improving and re-connecting Aicholtz Roadfrom Eastgate Boulevardto Mt. Carmel TobascoRoad should finish at theend of 2016 or the begin-ning of 2017.

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If you think you knoweverything there is toknow about Coney Island,you probably have anoth-er think coming.

So says Greg Miller,chairman of the IndianHill Historical Society’sSunday, April 19, presen-tation: “The History of Co-ney Island.”

“Because our program

presenters, Vic Noltingand Tom Rhein, have beenmanaging Coney Islandfor more than 30 years, at-tendees can expect tolearn something about Co-ney they never knew,”Miller said.

“It will be a marvelousopportunity to see somerare artifacts from thepark that are sure to trig-ger great memories offamily picnics, childhoodadventures and moonlightevenings.”

Nolting, president ofConey Island, and Rhein,vice president of food op-erations there, will dis-cuss everything from theamusement park’s begin-nings as a private, picnicgrove in 1870 to the newrides and activities on tapfor this year.

As for the 145 years inbetween, topics will in-clude Coney Island’s clos-ing by the 1937 flood andrebirth, appearances byprominent celebrities, theSunlite Pool, MoonliteGardens, Lake Como andfilm footage of popularrides from years gone byas well as the river voyagemany park-goers took toand from Cincinnati on theIsland Queen.

Coney Island is on theOhio River at 6201KelloggAve. in both AndersonTownship and the Cincin-nati neighborhood of Cali-fornia.

The Indian Hill Histori-cal Society’s presentationof The History of ConeyIsland will begin at 4:30p.m. at The Little RedSchoolhouse, 8100 GivenRoad in Indian Hill.

Cost, which includes acatered meal, is $35 formembers of the historicalsociety and $45 for non-members

Make reservations bycalling 891-1873 or email-ing [email protected].

Send checks to the Indi-an Hill Historical Societyat 8100 Given Road, IndianHill, Ohio, 45243.

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Anderson High School

For excelling in financialeducation, Tim Fuller, a teacherat Anderson High School, is therecent recipient of a “Teacherof the Year” award, given at theUC Economics Center EighthAnnual Awards Luncheon.

”We should be celebratingthese educators and the lifelongfinancial lessons they’re pass-ing along to our children 365days a year,” Kelley said. “Cin-cinnati is stronger when ourkids – and adults – understandmoney, how to manage it andhow to plan for the future. It’strue that financial literacy to-day forms the foundation forfinancial planning and financialsecurity tomorrow. April isFinancial Literacy Month and Ihope that these teachers inspireothers to weave financial les-sons into their lesson plans.”

Ayer ElementaryAyer Elementary students,

faculty, retirees and formerstudents, as well as Forest HillsSchool District friends andadministrators, gathered March

22 with familyand friends ofDon Stringfield,the first princi-pal of Ayer Ele-mentary, to hon-or his memoryand dedicate theAyer mediacenter in his

name. Stringfield was principal of

Ayer from 1973-82. “Dedicating this space to

Don is very appropriate. Donwas an exemplary educationalleader who embodied the ideaof a lifelong pursuit of learn-ing,” said Cathy McCarthy, amember of the Friends of Ayer.“As part of the dedication, indi-viduals are encouraged to do-nate a hardback children’s bookto the Ayer media center tocontinue Don’s legacy of put-ting children first.”

Speakers included BruceMcClure, Ayer’s first assistantprincipal; Chris Flanagan,Ayer’s current principal; LisaCourtney, Ayer assistant princi-pal and an Ayer student whileStringfield was principal;Stringfield’s wife, Marilyn; andStringfield’s daughter, Liz.

A sign was erected in theschool to name the “Donald L.Stringfield Media Center” witha Margaret Mead quote thatshares Stringfield’s philosophy:“Never doubt that a small groupof committed people canchange the world; indeed it isthe only thing that ever has.”

Forest Hills Schools» The National Association

of Music Merchants has namedForest Hills School District asone of the Best Communitiesfor Music Education in thenation for displaying an excep-tionally high commitment toproviding students with musiceducation. This is a distinctionthat only 388 districts acrossthe nation have earned.

A non-profit that promoteslifetime music participation,NAMM works with The In-stitute for Educational Re-search and Public Service toconduct an annual nationwide

search to identify communitiesthat exemplify a strong com-mitment to music education.

“Forest Hills’ music pro-grams have earned many hon-ors throughout the years, butthe great thing about thisaward is that it acknowledgesexcellence throughout theentire district,” SuperintendentDallas Jackson said. “We sharethis award with our entirecommunity because we couldnot have achieved this level of

excellence without their sup-port.”

Joe Wesche, Forest Hillsmusic teacher who completedthe application, agreed. “For-est Hills makes a strong com-mitment to music education,”Wesche said. “The Best Com-munities designation bringsvisibility to music classes,programs and departmentsthat are keeping music educa-tion alive and strong in ourschools.”

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

THANKS TO ERIKA DAGGETTE

The Anderson High School percussion line.

Stringfield


Fourth-grade students at Mercer Elementary prepare for a concert. The2014-2015 orchestra is the largest orchestra in the school's history.

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Jeremy David,Maddux Elementarymusic teacher, workswith choir students.


The Turpin High School men's chorus performs at the MercyHealthgroundbreaking ceremony in October.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 2Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained GlassClasses, 6:30-9 p.m., BrazeeStreet Studios, 4426 Brazee St.,Learn basic glass cutting, wetgrinder, foil wrap and solder.Ages 12-80. $30 and up. Present-ed by Sharp Art. 389-6742;[email protected]. Oakley.

EducationTV Toastmasters Club Meet-ing, 6-7:30 p.m., AndersonCenter, 7850 Five Mile Road,Learn-by-doing club in whichmembers hone communicationand listening skills in comfort-able, friendly atmosphere withadded benefit of viewing theirspeeches on YouTube. Ages 18and up. Free. Presented by TVToastmasters. 378-7654;www.tvtoastmasters.com.Anderson Township.

Exercise ClassesBe Smart, Eat Well and MoveMore at Your Library, 2 p.m.,Anderson Township BranchLibrary, 7450 State Road, Learnabout exercise, good nutritionand feeding your brain withgood books while completing26 miles of Flying Pig marathonon your Hog Log. Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byPublic Library of Cincinnati &Hamilton County. 369-6030.Anderson Township.

Yoga: Align Level 1, 8:45-10a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Appro-priate for seasoned beginners.Plenty of challenge that buildsstrength and stamina. Attentionto alignment detail is priority.Experience helpful but notnecessary. Ages 35-65. $120 per9 weeks unlimited. Register atfirst class or drop-in. 706-9802;www.karenjohnsyoga.com.Mariemont.

Holiday - EasterAdult Egg Hunts, 7 p.m. Hunt#1: Golden Hunt for ages 50 andup, 7:30 p.m. Hunt #2: PartnerHunt, 8 p.m. Hunt #3: AdultScramble, Riverside Park, 3969Round Bottom Road, All Weath-er Fields. Features three hunts,participants race to collect eggsfor prizes and candy. Pet-freeevent. Ages 18 and up. $2 perhunt, per person. Presented byAnderson Township Park Dis-trict. 388-4513; www.anderson-parks.com. Anderson Township.

RecreationCornhole Thursday, 7 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, 497Old Ohio 74, Lounge. Non-competitive and open to public.$5. 528-9909; www.mtcarmelal-post72.org. Mount Carmel.

FRIDAY, APRIL 3Dining EventsFish Fry, 5-8 p.m., AmericanLegion Post 72, 497 Old Ohio 74,Fried or baked fish shrimpdinners include two sides anddessert. Dine-in or carryout.Benefits veterans programs. $7.528-9909. Mount Carmel.

Fish Fry, 4:30-8 p.m., AmericanLegion Mount Washington Post484, 1837 Sutton Ave., Fish,shrimp, chicken strips, barbecue,fries, mac and cheese, greenbeans, slaw and desserts. Com-plete dinners or a la carte. Beer,soft drinks, coffee and tea extra.Carryout available. $7. Present-ed by American Legion MountWashington Auxiliary Unit 484.231-7351; www.legion484.org.Mount Washington.

Fish Fry, 5-7:30 p.m. Cash only.,Guardian Angels Church, 6531Beechmont Ave., Undercroft.Fried and baked fish, shrimp,crab cakes, pizza, macaroni andcheese, fries, rice, green beans,cheese sticks, jalapeno poppers,back sale and refreshments.$1.50-$8. Presented by GuardianAngels School. 231-7440. MountWashington.

Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., AmericanLegion Post 318, 6660 CloughPike, Fried or baked fish, shrimpand chicken nuggets dinners.Meal includes sides and bever-age. Soft and bar drinks avail-able for purchase. Dine-in orcarryout. Benefits Anderson Post318. $5-$8. 231-6477;www.post318.org. AndersonTownship.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 5:30-7 p.m., WineWorld, 7737 Five Mile Road,Taste four different wines. Ages21 and up. $1 per two-ouncetaste. 232-6611. Anderson

Township.

Holiday - EasterStations of the Cross, noon to7 p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, 2010 Wolfangel Road,Two Stations of the Cross: Familyand adult. Free. 231-4301;www.cloughchurch.org. An-derson Township.

NatureAstronomy Night, 8-9:30 p.m.,Cincinnati Observatory Center,3489 Observatory Place, Shorttalk, astro Q&A, tour and star-gazing. $7, $5 children. Reserva-tions required. 321-5186;www.cincinnatiobservatory.org.Mount Lookout.

On Stage - ComedyVince Morris, 8:30 p.m., Red-moor, 3187 Linwood Ave.,Comedian from Comedy Cen-tral, Showtime, HBO, BET, NBCand CBS. Ages 21 and up. $10.Presented by King Bee Enter-tainment. 693-2837; www.cin-cyticket.com. Mount Lookout.

SATURDAY, APRIL 4BenefitsCincinnati Comedians Basket-ball Invitational, 4 p.m., SevenHills School, 5400 Red BankRoad, Game between two teamsmade up of comedians fromTri-state. Benefits FreestoreFoodbank. $5 or 3 cannedgoods. Presented by CincinnatiComedians Basketball Invita-tional. No phone; www.cincyc-bi.com. Madisonville.

Drink TastingsSaturday Premium WineFlight: Round The WorldRiesling, noon to 5 p.m., TheWine Merchant, 3972 EdwardsRoad, Sit down flight of fourwines poured for you upon yourarrival. Ages 21 and up. $15.Reservations required. 731-1515;www.winemerchantcincinnat-i.com. Oakley.

Holiday - EasterEaster Egg Hunt, noon, TurpinHigh School, 2650 Bartels Road,Search for plastic eggs withcandy or prize-winning num-bers. Ages 1-10. Free. Presentedby American Legion Post 318.231-6477; www.post318.org.Anderson Township.

Youth Egg Hunts, 10 a.m. tonoon Ticket sales 9:30 a.m.,Riverside Park, 3969 RoundBottom Road, Ball diamonds.Youth hunts are divided intofour age-designated areas.Pet-free event. Ages 0-17. $2 perhunt, per person. Presented byAnderson Township Park Dis-trict. 388-4513; www.anderson-parks.com. Anderson Township.

Easter Egg Hunt, 10-11 a.m.,Anderson Hills Christian Church,8119 Clough Pike, Age 10 andyounger. Easter Bunny, activities,snacks. Free. 474-2237. An-derson Township.

SUNDAY, APRIL 5Dining EventsEaster Brunch, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,The Capital Grille, 3821 EdwardsRoad, A la carte menu. $49, $15children. Reservations recom-mended. Presented by TheCapital Grille Rookwood Ex-change. 351-0814; thecap-italgrille.com. Hyde Park.

Holiday - EasterEaster Egg Hunt, 10-10:45 p.m.,Summerside United MethodistChurch, 638 Batavia Pike, Free.528-3052; www.summersi-dechurch.org. Union Township.

Music - Hip-HopO.T. Genasis, 10 p.m. to 2:30a.m., Inner Circle, 4343 KelloggAve., $20 advance. 321-0220;www.ticketmaster.com. EastEnd.

MONDAY, APRIL 6Exercise ClassesYoga: Align Level 1, 8:15-9:30a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Taughtby Karen Johns. Appropriate forBeginners with some yogaexperience. Emphasis on properalignment, self-care, safestretching, sense of humor andall yoga has to offer. Ages 35-60.$120 for 9 weeks unlimited.Register at the first class. 706-9802; www.karenjohnsyoga-.com. Mariemont.

Yoga for New Beginners, 10-11a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Sessiontruly for those brand new toyoga. Ages 35-65. $120 for 9

weeks. Register at the first class.706-9802; www.karenjohnsyo-ga.com. Mariemont.

Yoga for Teen Girls, 4-5 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. In-troduction for young women toexplore what yoga has to offer.For Teen girls grades 7-12. $80for 8 weeks. Please contact meto register. 706-9802; www.ka-renjohnsyoga.com. Mariemont.

Literary - Story TimesOpening Day Storytime,10:30-11:30 a.m., Joseph-BethBooksellers-Rookwood, 2692Madison Road, Free. 396-8960;www.josephbeth.com. Nor-wood.

TUESDAY, APRIL 7Art & Craft ClassesThe Joy of Painting: Land-scape, 6-9 p.m., Beech AcresPark RecPlex, 6915 BeechmontAve., Learn the famous Bob Rossmethod to paint realistic land-scapes in only a short time. For16 and up. $50, $45 residents perclass. Registration required.Presented by Anderson Town-ship Park District. 388-4513.Anderson Township.

Drink TastingsPop Up Tasting Event, 6-8 p.m.Red Mountain, Washington.,The Art of Entertaining, 2019Madison Road, Small plateapproach in an open houseformat and flight of 3 pairedwines. Ages 21 and up. $25.Registration required. 871-5170;www.cincyartofentertaining-.com. O’Bryonville.

EducationAnderson Township HistoryRoom, 6-8:30 p.m., AndersonCenter, 7850 Five Mile Road,Lower atrium. Learn about thehistory of Anderson Townshipthrough photos, hands-onexhibits and artifacts. Free.Presented by Anderson Town-ship Historical Society. 231-2114;andersontownshiphistoricalso-ciety.org. Anderson Township.

Exercise ClassesGentle A.M. Yoga, 7:15-8:15a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Gentlemorning class occurs mostly onfloor, moves spine in all of itsdirections, opens hips andshoulders. Poses alternatebetween stabilizing, stretchingand strengthening. Good foreveryone from newbie to ad-vanced practitioner. $120 for 9weeks unlimited. Register at thefirst class or drop-in. 706-9802;www.karenjohnsyoga.com.Mariemont.

Yoga: Align Level 2, 8:45-10a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,

The Gallery at The Barn. Forwell-seasoned beginner orintermediate student. Ages35-60. $120 per 9 weeks unlim-ited. Register at first class ordrop-in. 706-9802; www.karen-johnsyoga.com. Mariemont.

RecreationBingo Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, 497Old Ohio 74, $1-$15. 528-9909;www.stuartglugibuhl.com.Mount Carmel.

Youth Volleyball Open Gym,7:30-9 p.m., Beech Acres ParkRecPlex, 6915 Beechmont Ave.,Work on improving your volley-ball skills. Individual practiceonly. Organized team practice isnot permitted. See website foropen gym rules and guidelines.Ages 2-8. $2 per player per date(cash only). Presented by An-derson Township Park District.388-4514; www.anderson-parks.com. Anderson Township.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8Drink TastingsBurger and Beer Wednesdays,9:30 p.m. to midnight, Fifty WestBrewing Company, 7668 Woos-ter Pike, Burger and pint for $10.834-8789; fiftywestbrew.com.Columbia Township.

EducationAnderson Township HistoryRoom, 1-4 p.m., AndersonCenter, Free. 231-2114; anderson-townshiphistoricalsociety.org.Anderson Township.

THURSDAY, APRIL 9Clubs & OrganizationsEastside Technology Talk, 11:30a.m. to 1 p.m., Anderson SeniorCenter, 7970 Beechmont Ave.,For people interested in technol-ogy and learning more about itand how it can help us andothers. Free. Presented byEastside Technology Talks.474-3100; bit.ly/EastsideTech-nologyTalks. Anderson Town-ship.

Exercise ClassesYoga: Align Level 1, 8:45-10a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $120 per 9 weeks unlim-ited. Register at first class ordrop-in. 706-9802; www.karen-johnsyoga.com. Mariemont.

Music - ConcertsDrew Holcomb and The Neigh-bors, 8 p.m., 20th CenturyTheater, 3021 Madison Road,With Humming House. $15.Presented by NederlanderEntertainment. 731-8000;www.nederlanderentertain-ment.com. Oakley.

NatureAstronomy Night, 8-9:30 p.m.,Cincinnati Observatory Center,3489 Observatory Place, Short

talk, astro Q&A, tour and star-gazing. $5 suggested donation.Reservations required. 321-5186;www.cincinnatiobservatory.org.Mount Lookout.

RecreationCornhole Thursday, 7 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, $5.528-9909; www.mtcarmelal-post72.org. Mount Carmel.

Adult Basketball Open Gym,8-10 p.m., Beech Acres ParkRecPlex, 6915 Beechmont Ave.,Open scrimmage games areallowed. See website for opengym rule and guidelines. For age35 and up. $2 per person perdate (cash only). Presented byAnderson Township Park Dis-trict. 388-4514; www.anderson-parks.com. Anderson Township.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10Art & Craft ClassesArt in Bloom After School ArtClass, 4-5:30 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn.Draw, paint, and make clevercrafts in this after school classwith art teacher Patty Horwitz.Ages 8-13. $100 for 4 classes.Reservations required. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

Learn to Weave on a RigidHeddle Loom, 9 a.m. to noon,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Students will finish a scarf by theend of second class. Ages 21 andup. $60. Registration required.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Art OpeningsWord, Image, Object:, 6-9 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, 4426Brazee St., C-Link Gallery. Worksby undergraduate and graduatestudents in the Department ofArt, Miami University. ThroughMay 1. Free. 321-0206; www.bra-zeestreetstudios.com. Oakley.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 5:30-7 p.m., WineWorld, $1 per two-ounce taste.232-6611. Anderson Township.

Friday Night Tasting: SpanishSensations, 6-8 p.m., The WineMerchant, 3972 Edwards Road,Taste 8 white and red winesfrom Spain including Albarino,Garnacha and Tempranillo. Lightappetizers. Ages 21 and up. $25,$20 advance. Reservationsrequired. 731-1515; www.wine-merchantcincinnati.com. Oak-ley.

Music - ConcertsMartin Sexton, 8 p.m., 20thCentury Theater, 3021 MadisonRoad, Folk singer-songwriter.$29, $25 advance. 731-8000;www.ticketmaster.com. Oakley.

NatureAstronomy Night, 8-9:30 p.m.,Cincinnati Observatory Center,$7, $5 children. Reservationsrequired. 321-5186; www.cincin-natiobservatory.org. MountLookout.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11Art & Craft ClassesLearn to Sew with CarolePrice, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, 6980

Cambridge Ave., Tack room atThe Barn. Introductory sewingclasses that focus on techniquesincluding getting to know yoursewing machine, projects withzippers and linings and garmentsewing. Classes geared forchildren aged 7 and up. Adultswelcome. Ages 7-99. $20 perclass. Registration required.Presented by Carole Price.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Art EventsInto The Garden Art Show andSale, noon to 5 p.m., GreenfieldPlant Farm - Anderson Town-ship, 6840 Clough Pike, Art,music and food. Benefits An-derson Township Fire Depart-ment, Arden Courts. Free.617-0721; greenfieldplantfarm-.com. Anderson Township.

Art ExhibitsWord, Image, Object:, 10 a.m.to 3 p.m., Brazee Street Studios,4426 Brazee St., C-Link Gallery.Works by undergraduate andgraduate students in the De-partment of Art, Miami Univer-sity. Through May 1. Free. 321-0206; www.brazeestreetstu-dios.com. Oakley.

Drink TastingsSaturday Premium WineFlight: Rioja, noon to 5 p.m.,The Wine Merchant, 3972Edwards Road, Taste 4 premiumTempranillo-based wines fromSpain’s Rioja region.Sit downflight poured upon arrival. Ages21 and up. $15. Reservationsrequired. 731-1515; www.wine-merchantcincinnati.com. Oak-ley.

Farmers MarketAnderson Indoor FarmersMarket, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,Anderson Center Station, 7832Five Mile Road, Rain or shine.Presented by Anderson Town-ship. 688-8400; www.anderson-farmersmarket.org. AndersonTownship.

Health / WellnessWho is That in the Mirror?, 11a.m. to 1 p.m., The Kenwood bySenior Star, 5435 KenwoodRoad, Theatre. Dr. Robert Keyespresents types, stages andtreatments for dementia andwhat to expect along way foradults who have loved oneswith cognitive decline. Lunchprovided. Sponsored by HomeCare Assistance, Alzheimer’sAssociation, Christ Hospital andThe Kenwood. Free. Reserva-tions required. Presented byChrist Hospital Health andAging Center. 272-7926;www.homecareassistancecincin-nati.com. Kenwood.

Music - CountryCountry Classic Event andDance, 8-11 p.m., AmericanLegion Post 318, 6660 CloughPike, Jim King’s Country ClassicLegends. Cash bar, No BYOB.Table snacks provided. Appetiz-ers and light finger food OK tobring in.. Ages 21 and up. Bene-fits American Legion Post 318.$12.50, $10 advance. Reserva-tions recommended. 231-6477;www.post318.org. AndersonTownship.

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Yoga for Teen Girls is offered at the Woman’s Art Club Cultural Center, 4-5 p.m. Monday, April 6, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Mariemont. This is an introductory class for young women grades seven to 12 to explore what yoga has to offer. Cost is $80 foreight weeks. Call 706-9802 to register; www.karenjohnsyoga.com.

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People ask me all the time whereI get my recipes. “Do you develop

them yourself?”“Whose recipes doyou use from the foodnetwork and do youhave any favorites?”“What about recipesthat readers send. Doyou test them?”

I would say a care-ful yes to all of theabove. I develop somemyself, and I adaptsome, but not all. Asfor credit, if I know

the source, I will name it. Often-times the recipe has been passedthrough so many hands that cred-iting one person isn’t possible. Butthat’s the fun in it.

Not so much where a recipestarts, but where it continues to go.I don’t always test readers’ recipes.Just no time!

As far as food network stars, I’vecooked with more than a few. But Ihave to say our own Cincinnati foodstars/chef educators, like masterchef John Kinsella, Marilyn Harris,Debbie Goulding, Judy Walsh, ChrisHoltz and Molly Maundrell, alongwith Tim Bettinson, Bob Hess, TomKeegan and Todd Kelly, just toname a very few, hold their own,right with the most famous of chefs.And, of course, my readers don’tlack with creativity or ability.

That’s why today I’m sharing agood recipe which I enjoyed at theTrowel percent Error Garden Club’sluncheon. This chicken percent hamcordon bleu is a yummy way to usethat leftover Easter ham. MarieRobbins is one good cook!

Readers want to know:Stainless steel flatware: is it all

the same?No! At first glance, they’re all

shiny and look like they have someheft. Read packaging. What youwant is 18/10, which means 18 per-cent chromium and 10 percent nick-el.

Stainless steel is essentially ironwith more than 10 percent chromi-um. The higher the nickel content,the more protection from corrosion.Get as close to those numbers asyou can.

If you can pick a fork or spoon

up, go ahead. It will feel good inyour hand with the 18/10, not feath-erweight, and the polish will beelegant. Definitely worth the price.Polish with a bit of clear vinegar ifthey get water spots.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist,educator, Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinaryprofessional and author. Find her blogonline at Abouteating.com. Email her [email protected] with“Rita’s kitchen” in the subject line. Call513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Top off chicken cordon bleuwith mimosa for brunch

Marie’s chicken cordon bleu casserole

I love garden club luncheons. They usually consistof an easy, do-ahead casserole that has stood the testof time. Like this one. Marie said make your own whitesauce if you like. She also sometimes adds sautéedmushrooms and usually bakes the chicken in a coveredcasserole.

8 oz wide egg noodles2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast8 oz. cubed cooked ham8 oz. cubed Swiss cheese10.5 oz. can reduced fat/sodium cream of chicken

soup1/2 cup 2percent milk1/2 cup light sour cream2 tablespoons butter1/3 cup seasoned bread crumbs1/4 cup grated Parmesan

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease or spray a9x13 pan. Cook noodles in boiling, lightly salted waterjust until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 5minutes. Drain and put in pan, top with chicken, hamand Swiss. Mix soup, milk and sour cream and spoonover noodle mixture. Melt butter over medium heatand stir in bread crumbs and Parmesan until crumbs arecoated, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle over casserole. Bakeuntil bubbling and lightly browned, about 30 minutes.Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Tip from Marie’s kitchen: Make ahead and bringto room temperature before baking.

Tyler Florence’s mimosa

Tyler uses blood orange juice, but regular juiceworks. Chill a bottle of Prosecco. Combine about 2 cupsjuice with sugar to taste and add a couple splashes oforange liqueur. Chill. To serve, pour juice mixture inbottom of champagne flute and top with Prosecco.

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Chicken cordon bleu casserole is a tasty use for leftover Easter ham.

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Now that Pete Rose hasformally requested reinstate-ment into Major League Base-ball, we should reconsider howthe Hall of Fame blackballedhim.

Regardless of his violatingRule 22, Baseball’s cardinal sinsince the Black Sox Scandal,and his failure to pay federaltaxes, Rose’s on-field perfor-mance gives him the right tobe considered for recognitionin Cooperstown. The time hasarrived for the Hall to reopenits doors and at least allowRose’s name on the ballot.

Pete Rose hustled on thediamond from his first at-batthrough hit 4,192. After 24seasons, he attained a long listof records. After benchinghimself when player-manager,his compulsions took over.Things got out of hand. Hisgambling and running withthugs is well documented inthe Dowd Report, in film, and

in the Cincin-nati Enquirer.He was kickedout of MajorLeague Base-ball, went tofederal prison,and then de-nied a spot inCooperstown.

Pete hasbeen punishedfor nearly asmany seasons

as he played. Though he pub-licly denied betting on baseballuntil his memoir “My PrisonWithout Bars” in 2004, he hasbeen forthright in his admis-sions since. His chief crime isthat he bet on his team to win.There have been exhaustiveefforts and ample time to findif he threw any games. Rose’srough pals during his nadirhave sung like canaries tofederal authorities and to jour-nalists and don’t allege wrong-

doing beyond that which Rosehas already admitted andserved time.

The most perplexing andundemocratic move was howthe Hall of Fame barred Roseas biographer Kostya Kennedydocuments in his complete,unbiased and candid examina-tion of the “Hit King, PeteRose: An American Dilemma.”MLB and Cooperstown areseparate, independent entities.Because MLB found that Rosebet on baseball, the Hall couldstill induct him. Then-commis-sioner Bart Giamatti evenanswered a sportswriter’squestion at Rose’s public in-dictment. Taking a reporter’squestion at the 1989 press con-ference, he answered, “Youwill decide whether he belongsin the Hall of Fame.”

As Rose was paroled duringthe fifth year after his lastat-bat, the Hall suddenlybarred anyone on the MLB’s

permanently ineligible listfrom the Hall’s ballot. From1919 until that moment, evenShoeless Joe Jackson was eligi-ble, but the journalist-voters,understandably, never votedhim in. With the infamous RoseResolution, our wise guardiansof the Cooperstown shrinecannot make that determina-tion. To make a statement inwhat would have been No. 14’sfirst year of eligibility, 41sportswriters still voted forRose anyway, knowing theirvotes would not count.

The baseball public knowswell Pete’s on-field and off-field records. Polls have shownbaseball fans favor inductingRose. A poll taken just beforehis 2004 admissions showedtwo-thirds of those whothought he had gambled onbaseball still favored allowinghim into the Hall.

A 2012 Rasmussen pollshowed 59 percent believe he

should be honored in Cooper-stown, while 29 percent said heshould not.

Whether it is still worthenforcing Rule 22 to protectthe integrity of the game, asinvestigator John Dowd in-sists, is a fair question.

But while new MLB Com-missioner Rob Manfred con-siders Rose’s recent requestfor reinstatement, the Hall ofFame should repeal the 25-year-old public relations movedesigned to keep Charlie Hus-tle out of Cooperstown andafford him the same demo-cratic process all those beforehim received.

David Wolfford teaches governmentand politics at Mariemont HighSchool. He is author of “UnitedStates Government and Politics:Preparing for the Advanced Place-ment Examination” (Amsco/Perfec-tion Learning). His website,www.davidwolfford.com.

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March 25 questionWhat Opening Day traditions

or memories do you have? Howdo you think the Reds will dothis year?

“Going to lunch and thegame with my dad everyOpening Day for years andyears. Fond memories of beingwith dad for the start of anoth-er baseball season. Play ball!”

C.G.

“I have gone to OpeningDay since 1971; the first Open-ing Day at Riverfront. I likegetting down there early to seethe parade. The game nowstarts at 4:15, which makesgetting home much easier dueto no rush hour traffic.

“After three playoff appear-ances with Dusty Baker theReds finished last in their

division in 2014 with a newmanager. They are picked lastthis year due to losing twostarting pitchers. But hopesprings eternal this time ofyear and I see their battlingfor a wild card playoff spot inSeptember. But I also have XUin the NCAA finals. Go Fig-ure!”

T.D.T.

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Former Reds outfielder George Foster rides past Washington Park in the 2014 Findlay Market Opening Day Parade.

Rob Portman – what wereyou thinking?

You and 46 other obstruc-tionist Republican senators, in

a childish fit ofanarchy, fool-ishly signed aletter urgingIran to rejectany nucleardeal withPresident Oba-ma. Authoredby Arkansasfreshman Re-publican Sen.Tom Cotton,the letter stat-ed that Iran

would need congressional ap-proval, or any such agreementwould be undone after Obamaleft office.

This letter to Iranian leadersreflects the lack of both intelli-gence and ethical standards ofyou 47 Senators. Isn’t it ironic,that you 47 represent 47 per-cent of this country, but you donot represent the 47 percent

mentioned by former Repub-lican presidential candidateMitt Romney?

This matter comes at a criti-cal time in the history of thatarea of the world. Do you be-lieve that they are only talkingabout nuclear weapons? If Iwere president, we would bediscussing other areas of mutu-al interest, such as ISIS, andpotential trade; weren’t you the

trade representative?Take a look at the map. Syr-

ia, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, SaudiArabia and Jordan surroundIraq. None of these countrieswants ISIS to remain alive. Allwish them gone!

ISIS is 100 percent Sunni, 65percent of Iraq and 95 percentof Iran are Shia Moslem; Syriais 13 percent Shia.

About 13 percent of the

world’s Muslims are Shia.When you are a minority thissmall, you feel you must sticktogether for survival. The Shiaof this area will fight the Sunnito remove them from Iraq.They will form an alliance withthe Kurds agreeing to theirneed for a country, and the areawill be resettled.

Both the Kurds and the Shiawill have enough oil to fundtheir respective countries.Now, you can see what an in-tervention by war will bring toyou.

Iran does not want ISIS towin. Russia does not want ISISto win; they have had theirproblems with the Chechenrebels. China does not wantISIS to win; they have had simi-lar problems with rebels.

George W. Bush was foolishto listen to his advisors, forsak-ing the admonition of his ownfather, to invade Iraq. In doingso, he pushed Iran and Iraq(Old Persia) together. He desta-bilized the existence of both the

Sunni and Shia Moslems, whichhas since collapsed into a reli-gious war.

You guys in the Senate arenot students of history or reli-gion. I thought the Senate was adeliberative body; perhaps youwere all drunk at the time yousigned the letter, drunk withpower. The laughter must havebeen hysterical. It must haveseemed like a really good ideaat the time.

Iran’s supreme leader Aya-tollah Ali Khamenei said thatthis letter from Republicanlawmakers warning that anynuclear deal could be scrappedby the next U.S. president is asign of the “disintegration” inWashington. He called the let-ter a sign of “the collapse ofpolitical ethics and the U.S.system’s internal disintegra-tion,” according to the officialIRNA news agency. Is he cor-rect?

James Baker is a 38-year resident ofIndian Hill.

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Turpin head coach BrianWeaver has 17 starters returningfrom last season coupled with adistance team that won the East-ern Cincinnati Conference dur-ing the cross country season.

Alex Tanner, Andrew Patty,Dante Marcon, Graham Weaverand Ryan Wiesman all finishedin the top 10 of the conferencecross country meet. All five arerunning track this season.

In addition to that strong coreof distance runners, Weaverhighlighted Andrew Molloy,Drew Spencer and Isaiah Bostic.

Bostic was a regional qualifi-er in the high jump last year andhas designs of making it to thestate meet this season.

“I think its a realistic goal,”Bostic said. “I’m determined anda hard worker.”

Rivaling the Spartans’ dis-tance prowess is Anderson.

The Redskins have a pair ofjunior runners in Nick Stone andJosh Gittelman. Both finishedhigher than any Turpin runner inthe ECC cross country meet.

“Our strengths are going to bemiddle distances such as the 800and the mile,” Anderson headcoach Andy Wolf said. “We arealso strong in pole vault, shot andwe have some decent young hur-dlers. They only problem withthat is, can the good young onesbeat the good older guys?”

The Redskins are looking forcontributions from Hartley Ste-venson (pole vault), JakeBridges (shot put), Will Schweit-zer(hurdles) and Austin Fucito(sprint relays).

“It should be an interestingyear,” Wolf said.

Last year, the McNicholasRockets boys track and fieldteam was stymied by its smallnumber of participants.

Second-year head coach KyleJepson said the team couldn’tsend a full complement of ath-letes to the district meet. Thisyear, that changes a bit.

“This year, we’ve had a largerinterest in track and field,” thecoach said. “We’ll still be a veryyoung team, but we should bevastly improved. It’ll be nice tobe competitive again.”

Keeping the Rockets compet-itive will be senior thrower WillAllgeier, distance runners Jack-son Durm and freshman MasonElmer, junior sprinter JonathonWenzel and freshman pole vault-er Thomas Moore.

Allgeier and Moore are clos-ing in on school records for theshot put and pole vault, respec-tively.

The Miami Valley Christian

Academy track boys arecoached by Steve Krebsfanger.Austin Privett and Adam Bud-zynski return as starters for theLions.

MVCA will participate in theDeer Park Invitational on April7. The coed squad will also be inthe CCD Invitational April 11, theReading Invitational April 24,the Seven Hills InvitationalApril 27, the Batavia InvitationalApril 29, the CHCA InvitationalMay 6 and CNE Invitational May8.

The Walnut Hills boys arecoached by Bill Valenzano andwill look to fill some holes inthrowing events since shot putand discus expert Ellery Lassi-ter has graduated.

Senior Darien Jackson, juniorJon Mason and sophomore Dya-mi Davis-Spence return fromtheir first-team ECC 4x200 relay,with senior Myles Harper re-turning from the second-team4x400 relay. Jackson also tookhonorable mention in the 100 me-ters for the Eagles and will be

handling the 100 and 200 againthis spring.

Davis-Spence will be a factorin the 200 and 400 meters, alongwith senior Terrance Sims. Sen-ior Max Weiskittel leads the1,600 and 3,200 meter pack andsophomore Michael Davenportmoves from jumping toward thebasketball rim to over the barwith a fiberglass pole.

“Our sprint and distance crewreturns many seniors to lead theteam,” Valenzano said of hissquad. “We also have a strongpole vaulter in Michael Daven-port.”

Davenport was third in theECC last season at 12’ 6”.

The biggest hurdle at WalnutHills is not always on the track.The athletes on both the boys andgirls’ teams have to balance theirtrack and field time with takingmultiple Advanced Placementcourses.

Walnut Hills is in the Middle-town Showdown April 2, fol-lowed by the Coaches Classicmeet at Winton Woods April 8-10.

FIRST RUN AT 2015 BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

Anderson, Turpin face tough ECC foesBy Nick Robbe and ScottSpringerCommunity Press Staff

THANKS TO DAVID MARCON

The Turpin boys cross country team placed fourth in the Southwest District meet at VOA Park, qualifying it for regionals. The same core group should leadthe Spartans in the track and field season. From left are: Andrew Patty, Alex Tanner, Dante Marcon, Ben Gothard, Ben Norton, Ryan Wiesman and GrahamWeaver.

ATHLETES TO WATCHTurpin’s Alex Tanner, Andrew Patty, Dante Marcon, Graham

Weaver and Ryan Wiesman: All five finished in the top 10 of theconference cross country meet and are running track this season.

Turpin senior Isaiah Bostic: Was a regional qualifier in the highjump last year.

Anderson juniors Nick Stone and Josh Gittelman: Both finishedhigher than any Turpin runner in the ECC cross country meet and shouldhelp Anderson excel in the middle distance and mile races.

McNicholas senior Will Allgeier: The senior thrower is approachingthe school record in the shot put.

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Senior Will Allgeier returns at shot put for McNicholas.

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Anderson’s Nick Stone, along with teammate Josh Gittelman, should helpAnderson excel in the middle distance and mile races.

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Anderson High School’s newly school-sanctioned la-crosse team defeated the also newly sanctioned McNi-cholas Rockets 15-7 March 27,

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Anderson freshman Austin Watt weighs his options behind the net March27 against McNick.

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Anderson junior Cal Harback and McNicholas’ Evan Stegman battle for possession during a face-off.

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The McNicholas girls trackand field team has built a legacy.

For the past eight seasons, theRockets have finished first orsecond at the district meet. Evenwith graduating two districtchampions, Catherine Adamsand Megan Schaefer, coach KyleJepson believes they will be inthat mix again.

“We graduated two districtchampions and almost our entiredistance team,” he said. “But, wehave underclassmen ready tostep up and field those roles.”

The Rockets are counting onsenior hurdler Ericka Kaimer,juniors Emily Tekulve, a sprint-er, and Beth Simmons, distance,and sophomores Morgan Voglerand Megan Rack.

McNick opened the seasonMarch 31by hosting the CoachesClassic.

A younger and smaller An-derson team greets head coachTeresa Gross, who returns for asecond year after spending sig-nificant time away from coach-ing to raise her family.

Of the 32 girls who came outfor the team, there are eight re-turning from last season, includ-ing three senior captains - JennaHazelbaker, Tayloranne Kauf-mann and Maddie O’Toole.

Hazelbaker excelled in theweights last year by taking sec-ond in the discus and sixth in theshot put in the Eastern Cincin-nati Conference meet and was adistrict qualifier in both events.

Kaufmann and O’Toole runsprint and distance races, re-spectively.

“I am working with awesomekids,” Gross said. “They’re hardworkers and I can see them im-proving as the season goes on.”

Turpin took third in the ECCmeet behind Walnut Hills andKings and sent 4x800 membersIsabella King, Lauren Kobasuk,Elena Polivka, and Jenny Mortonto the regional meet last year.

This year might be an inter-esting one for head coach MissySiemers and the Spartans as theyreturn an experienced half of theteam and add a half that’s brandnew.

“It will be interesting to seehow the brand new ones fit in towhat we do,” she said.

The Spartans top returnersinclude Caroline Mink and OliviaConnaughton.

Mink won the 800 meter runin last year’s ECC meet and Con-naughton was the league cham-pion in cross country this year.Siemers said Connaughton wasvery versatile and could run dif-ferent distances for the Spartansthis season.

So far, the team’s great ex-periment of seeing how the new-er track athletes fit is going fair-ly well. Freshman Erica Langanwon the 3,200 at Harrison overthe weekend.

Siemers said other rookiesMolly Finnigan and Kirby Helt-man could step in and contribute

as well.Walnut Hills has also been a

consistent league trophy winneras the Lady Eagles have snaredfive straight between the oldFort Ancient Valley Conferenceand the Eastern Cincinnati Con-ference.

Starters returning for coachAmanda Robinson are seniorsHannah Schroeder, TaylorDarks, Arissa Freeman, CollierSummay, Kelly Coleman, KeiraHassel and Janae Trimble, ju-nior Amari Hunter and sopho-mores Rachel Berndsen andKahla Cornett.

Among the Walnut Hills acco-lades, Freeman is a four-timeleague champion in the 100, 200,4x100 relay and 4x200 relay andhas won ECC Runner of the Yeartwo straight years. She qualifiedfor regionals in all of her events.

Darks is heading to Furmanfor basketball and will try to runtrack. She was fifth at the Divi-sion I state meet in the 400 me-ters at 55.81 and could challenge

the Walnut Hills record set byAshley Liverpool in 2010. In addi-tion to being district and regionalchamp in the 400, she was firstteam in the 4x200 and 4x400 re-lays.

“She is one of the most talent-ed athletes I have ever coached,”Robinson said. “She decided torun track for the very first timeher freshman year and has con-tinuously improved her 400time.”

Senior Hassel will lead the La-dy Eagles in shot put and discusand newcomer Tai’Lynn Jonesplaced fourth in the long jumpand sixth in the triple jump dur-ing Indoor Championships. Shewill also sprint and hurdle.

“We have not let off the gaspedal and aim to once again winthe ECC team championship,”Robinson said. “After a few mis-steps at the 2014 district meet,we hope to once again challengeMason for the top spot in South-west Ohio.”

Incoming freshmen Jones,

Chloe Shiff, Jeresa Andersonand Regan Anderson are expect-ed to contribute and score, withJones making an immediate im-pact in jumps and hurdles. Soph-omore Cornett will be a sprintspecialist and distance runnersSkylar Bruggeman, Schroeder,Coleman, Summay and Shiffshould score in the various long-er events.

Berndsen is the lone polevaulter and Hassel will also tutorSydney Rhone and Hannah Free-man in discus and shot put.

Walnut Hills will be in theApril 2 Middletown Showdownbefore appearing in the CoachesClassic at Winton Woods April 8-10.

The Miami Valley ChristianAcademy track team is coachedby Steve Krebsfanger. SeniorsMolly Babb and Katie Park re-turn as starters.

The Lady Lions won the OhioValley Athletic League last sea-son led by sophomore sprinterMichelle Lee, freshman Laura

Vilardo in the 1,600 and 3,200 andAlly Petty, the OVAL champ inthe 1,600.

“Our program is growing,”Krebsfanger said. “We havemore girls participating in trackthis year than ever before.”

MVCA will participate in theDeer Park Invitational on April7. The coed squad will also be inthe CCD Invitational April 11, theReading Invitational April 24,the Seven Hills InvitationalApril 27, the Batavia InvitationalApril 29, the CHCA InvitationalMay 6 and CNE Invitational May8.

When looking at St. UrsulaAcademy’s track and field team,the discussion must start withAnnie Heffernan.

The decorated senior willlead the Bulldogs once again thisseason.

She specializes in the 1,600,3,200 and 4x800 and took home ti-tles in the 800, 1,600, 3,200 andran the anchor leg of the 4x800 inlast year’s Girls Greater CatholicLeague meet.

She won the gold in the 1600 atstate last year.

Fifth-year head coach DanBird will also look for good sea-sons from Danielle Springer,Maria Weisgerber, AlexandraGoss and Caitlin Kelly.

Kelly and Weisgerber will runthe 1,600, 3,200 and 4x800 alongwith Heffernan. Springer willcompete in the high and longjumps. Goss will participate inthe 100 meter hurdles.

She won the event as a juniorat last year’s GGCL meet.

“We have a talented seniorand junior class to lead the team,and very large sophomore andfreshmen classes which have thepotential to help the team thisyear,” Bird said.

FIRST RUN AT 2015 GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

McNick girls hope to keepdistrict meet streak aliveBy Nick Robbe and ScottSpringer Community Press Staff

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Turpin High School junior Ali Maddox, right, hands the baton off to teammate Caroline Mink during the4x200-meter relay at the Girls Rule Turpin Invitational last year.

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Olivia Connaughton of Turpin runsin the Division I district race duringthe cross country season.

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Laura Vilardo of MVCA hits thehome stretch at the Mason HighSchool Invitational in September.She will run this spring.

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McNicholas’ Beth Simmons ran thethird leg of the girls Division IIregional 4x800-meter relay lastyear.

ATHLETES TO WATCHMcNicholas junior Beth

Simmons: Ran the third leg ofthe Rockets’ Division II regional-qualifying 4x800-meter relayteam.

Anderson senior JennaHazelbaker: Excelled in theweights last year by takingsecond in the discus and sixth inthe shot put in the EasternCincinnati Conference meet andwas a district qualifier in bothevents.

Turpin’s Caroline Mink:Won the 800 in last year’s ECCmeet.

Turpin sophomore OliviaConnaughton: She was theconference champion in crosscountry this season.

Walnut Hills senior ArissaFreeman: Two-time ECC Runnerof the Year and a four-eventleague champion.

Walnut Hills senior TaylorDarks: District and regionalchampion in the 400 last seasonand finished fifth at the statemeet.

Champions Ball» Special Olympics Hamilton Coun-

ty will celebrate its athletes andvolunteers at its Champions Ball from7-10 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, at theHorseshoe Casino.

During the event Special OlympicsHamilton County will recognize itsindividual and team athletes andmedal winners, as well as honorsome of its top partners and volun-teers.

“This is one time we have anopportunity to thank those whomake Special Olympics possible,” said

Janet Smith, executive director. “Weso appreciate what they do through-out the year, and this is just a smalltoken of our gratitude.”

Special Olympics Hamilton Countyoffers 21 different year-round athlet-ic and recreational programs withinHamilton County. Special OlympicsHamilton County serves more than1,800 athletes with developmentaland mental disabilities.

The organization relies on a staffof two and nearly 600 communityvolunteers to assist with programsand administrative duties. For more

information, visit www.specialolym-pics-hc.org

Soccer camps» 2015 OSYSA/Soccer Unlimited

Soccer Camps run by Jack Hermansand Ohio South. Contact informationOhio South: 576-9555 or Jack Her-mans 205-9621, email [email protected] Website: http://www.osysa.com/camps/soccerunlimit-ed.htm

SIDELINES District honors THANKS TO ROBERT VILARDO

Coach Julie Vilardo, left,and Devin Lee of MiamiValley ChristianAcademy were recentlyhonored for the LadyLions’ recent basketballseason. Vilardo wasnamed the District 16Division IV Coach of theYear. Lee, pictured at therecent SouthwestCoaches East/WestAll-Star Game March 25,was selected first teamfor the East along withteammate Hannah Lain.

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Clough United Methodist Church held its annual communityEaster Candy Hunt March 21 - without Easter eggs this year.Children hunted for more than 9,000 pieces of Easter candyscattered on the church grounds. After the hunt, they visitedwith the Easter Bunny, made crafts, played games, and enjoyedsnacks.

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Animals/ NatureGrailville – needs volunteers

for the garden in Loveland.Volunteer days are 9 a.m. tonoon selected Saturdays. For acomplete list visitwww.grailville.org or call 683-2340. Volunteers will work inthe kitchen and herb gardens.No experience is needed, volun-teers may participate once orfor the entire season. Volunteersshould bring gloves, waterbottle, sunscreen, hat, footwearthat can get dirty and a snack ifdesired. Tools are provided.

GRRAND – Golden RetrieverRescue and Adoption of NeedyDogs takes in needy displaced,abandoned or unclaimed straygolden retrievers and placesthem in volunteer foster homesuntil adoptive families arefound. Call 1-866-981-2251 andleave your name and phone.Visit www.ggrand.org. emailwww.cincygrrand @yahoo.com.

League For Animal Welfare –A no-kill shelter needs volun-teers 16-and-older to helpsocialize cats and 18-and-olderto socialize and walk dogs.Other opportunities available.Call 735-2299, ext. 3.

Save the Animals Foundation– Needs people 18 and older tostaff its shelter for homeless catsand dogs. Call 378-0300 for catsand 588-6609 for dogs.

Spring Grove Cemetery andArboretum – has a new horticul-ture volunteer program. Volun-teer opportunities includeworking side by side SpringGrove’s nationally-renownedhorticulture team at this Nation-al Historic Landmark. Groups ofvolunteers will be developed tohelp in the following areas:keeping the front entrance arealooking spectacular, controllinginvasive species, taking care ofthe tree and shrub collection.They are also looking for avolunteer, or volunteers, to helpwith the hybrid tea roses. Newvolunteers join the volunteerdocents who are ambassadorsfor the cemetery and arbore-tum. Information sessions,conducted the last Saturday andfirst Wednesday of each month,will explain the volunteeropportunities. Sessions are at 10a.m. in the Historic Office, justinside the main entrance to thecemetery. For more informa-tion, contact volunteer coor-

dinator Whitney Huang, SpringGrove horticulturist, at 853-6866.

Tri State County AnimalResponse Team (CART) – Is at11216 Gideon Lane in SycamoreTownship. Meetings are open tothe public. Visitwww.tristatecart.com formonthly subjects or more in-formation. Call 702-8373.

Winton Woods Riding Center– is in need of volunteers toassist with the Special RidersProgram, which provides train-ing and competition opportuni-ties for children and adults withdisabilities, and to help withbarn duties, horse shows and avariety of other tasks. No experi-ence is necessary and training isprovided. Interested individualsages 14 and older are invited tocontact the Winton WoodsRiding Center at 931-3057, or [email protected].

Professional servicesExecutive Service Corps of

Cincinnati – Professionals canuse their administrative skills tohelp a busy, growing nonprofitmanage its projects and mem-bers. Executive Service Corps of

Cincinnati is looking for some-one with experience in Word,Excel, Power Point and Outlookto assist in the Blue Ash office.Volunteers set their own daysand hours and enjoy nice work-ing conditions and friendly,bright volunteers and staff. Helpthe ESCC help other nonprofitssucceed. Contact Darlyne Kore-tos for more information at791-6230, ext. 10. ESCC is at10945 Reed Hartman Highway,Suite 108.

Health/WellnessAmerican Diabetes Associa-

tion – Seeks volunteers in itsarea office Downtown forclerical support, filling requestsfor educational materials fromphone requests, data entry,special events support andcoordinating the health fair. Call759-9330.

American Heart Association –Volunteers needed to assist withthe American Heart Associa-tion’s cause campaigns, Powerto End Stroke, Go Red ForWomen, Start!, and the Alliancefor a Healthier Generation.Assignments include clericalwork, event specific duties andcommunity outreach. Contactthe American Heart Associationat 281-4048 or [email protected].

Bayley Place – is looking forvolunteer drivers to help pro-vide transportation to areaseniors. Volunteers will receivetraining and scheduling can bean afternoon each week or justa few hours each month. It isvery flexible. Call 559-2200, orvisit www.ITNGreaterCincinna-ti.org.

Bethesda North Hospital – hasopenings for adult volunteers inseveral areas of the hospital.Call 865-1164 for informationand to receive a volunteerapplication.

Cancer Free Kids – is lookingfor kids who need service hoursto do an “Athletes For Alex”used sports equipment drive intheir neighborhood or at yoursporting event, and fight child-hood cancer. VisitCancerfreekids.org and click onAthletes for Alex for moreinformation.

Captain Kidney EducationalProgram – Needs volunteers oneor more mornings or afternoonsa month during the school yearto educate children in first-through sixth-grades aboutkidney function and disease.Training provided. Call 961-8105.

Crossroads Hospice – Cross-roads Hospice seeks compassion-ate volunteers to join its team of“Ultimate Givers,” who strive toprovide extra love and comfortto terminally ill patients andtheir families throughout theCincinnati region.

“Ultimate Givers” visit withpatients in their homes, assistedliving facilities and nursing

facilities, and help with clericalduties at the Crossroads office.They provide emotional supportand companionship to patientsand family members, assist witherrands, or provide respite forthose caring for terminally illloved ones.

Crossroads welcomes studentvolunteers 16 years or older.Activities may include readingto patients, playing cards,participating in arts and craftsand providing office help. Bydonating as little as 45 minutesper week, students can helpfulfill community service hourrequirements.

Crossroads Hospice is alsoseeking volunteers, includingstudents, to support its signa-ture programs inspired by JimStovall’s novel, “The UltimateGift.” The “Gift of a Day” pro-gram asks patients what theirperfect day is and staff andvolunteers work to make it areality.

For more information or tosign up as an “Ultimate Giver,”please call 793-5070 or completean application online athttp://bit.ly/Uw5bSX.

Before becoming a CrossroadsHospice “Ultimate Giver,”participants must complete anapplication, TB skin test, andtraining session lead by mem-bers of the Crossroads team.Volunteers must wait a mini-mum of one year after thedeath of an immediate familymember or loved one beforeapplying.

Destiny Hospice – is seekingcaring and compassionatepeople to make a difference inthe life of a person living withterminal illness. No special skillsor experience needed; simply awillingness to help providecomfort and support. Ori-entation is scheduled to fit thevolunteer’s schedule. Opportu-nities are available throughoutthe Cincinnati, Middletown andButler County area. ContactAngie at 554-6300, or am-claughlin@destiny-hospice. com.

Evercare Hospice and Pallia-tive Care – is seeking volunteersin all Greater Cincinnati commu-nities. Evercare provides care forthose facing end-of-life issuesand personal support to theirfamilies. Volunteers needed tovisit with patients and/or assistin administrative and clericaltasks. Volunteers may providecare wherever a patient resides,whether in a private home ornursing facility. Call 1-888-866-8286 or 682-4055.

Grace Hospice – is looking forvolunteers to share their time,skills and talents with patientsand families facing end-of-lifechallenges and needs. Volun-teers are offered many opportu-nities, including offering emo-tional support and compan-ionship by visiting patients intheir homes, nursing homes or

assisted living communities;reminiscing or participating inlife-enhancing activities withveterans; playing a patient’sfavorite tune, reading a favoritebook; providing respite care tothe caregiver, assisting adminis-trative office staff, from filingand copying to designing andediting. Grace Volunteers re-ceive training to ensure thatthey are prepared for theirassigned tasks. Assignments aremade according to the volun-teer's location preference andpersonal schedule. Trainingclasses are free of charge andare now forming. ContactShelby Duncan, volunteercoordinator, at 513-458-5545 oremail [email protected] toregister.

Heartland Hospice – is seek-ing volunteers to assist withpatients and their families.Heartland will train interestedpersons who are needed tositting at the bedside andproviding vigils for personswithout families available. Theycould also use some extra peo-ple to work in the office. CallJacqueline at 513-831-5800.

Hospice of Southwest Ohio –Seeks volunteers to help inproviding hospice services.Volunteers share their time withpatients and/or families in manyactivities, such as reading,singing, reminiscing and otherlife-enhancing activities as wellas providing respite care to thecaregiver themselves. Volun-teers are encouraged to shareideas to enhance the lives ofindividuals experiencing thisimportant journey, Call 528-8144, or e-mail [email protected].

Hoxworth Blood Center –Hoxworth is recruiting people tohelp during community blooddrives and blood donationcenters in the area. Positionsinclude: Blood drive hosts,greeters, blood donor recruitersand couriers. Call Helen Williamsat 558-1292 [email protected].

iTNGreaterCincinnati – islooking for volunteer drivers totake seniors and visually-im-paired adults to many differentdestinations around the city(work, grocery store, doctorappointments, beauty salon,church, etc.) Volunteers drivewithin the Interstate 275 loop,and to the airport. Driverschoose when they drive, andrides are given close to wherethey live. Contact Nancy Schus-ter at 559-2200.

The Jewish Hospital – 4777 E.Galbraith Road, Kenwood,needs adult volunteers. Shiftsare available 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.Monday through Friday. Volun-teers receive a free meal ticketfor each day he or she volun-teers four or more hours, plusfree parking. Call 686-5330.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Hixson announceschanges to board,new shareholders

Hixson, a Cincinnati-based architecture, engi-neering and interior de-sign firm, has announcedthe following promotions:

Anderson Townshipresident Greg Hammond

has beennamed tothe boardof direc-tors. Ham-mond isvice presi-dent andsenior pro-ject archi-

tect, and is responsible fordesigning projects forHixson’s national clients.

Anderson Townshipresident Scott T. McGlam-

ery hasbeennamed tothe boardof direc-tors.McGlam-ery is vicepresidentand senior

project engineer, and is re-sponsible for the manage-ment, design and specifi-

cation of electrical sys-tems for projects through-out North America.

Anderson TownshipresidentDerek Woj-cikowski isnow asharehold-er of thefirm. Woj-cikowski isa projectdesigner.

InternationalTechneGrouppromotoes Makoski

International Techne-Group Inc. (ITI) has pro-moted Anderson Townshipresident Tom Makoski toExecutive Vice President,PLM Integration Busi-ness.

Makoski has more than25 years’ experience. Ma-koski will lead ITI’s PLMvendor partnerships withAras Corporation, Das-sault Systemes, SiemensPLM and Parametric Tech-nology Corp. Makoski willoversee the expansion ofITI’s global PLM integra-tion products, software de-velopment, technical ser-vices and delivery teams.

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They might be young,but they know the routinewhen they arrive at the An-derson Township Park Dis-trict’s Friday Fun Club.

The children quicklyget to the first task of theday – playtime. Fromweek-to-week the activ-ities vary. The main goal isfor the children to experi-ence playtime with otherchildren. Instructor CarlaStigall dedicates the first45 minutes to the free play.From there, the childrenmake their way to the gymfor active fun.

The children enjoyplaying with balls or otheractivities in the gym, Sti-

gall said. One favorite isduck-duck-goose. Next issnack time, then an art ac-tivity. Somewhere in theshort but busy day, shesaid she fits in a story.

This is the typical dayfor the Friday Fun Clubwhich is a drop-off pro-gram for children ages 3 ½to 5.

“It helps them to getready for school. They getto experience playing withother children,” recrea-tion supervisor MonicaFriedl said. “They get toexperience all of thosethings that they do in kin-dergarten.”

Registration is re-quired. Cost is $55 for An-derson Township resi-dents and $65 for non-resi-

dents. Contact the BeechAcres Park RecPlex, 513-388-4515.


Playing together are Sebastian Fischer, Cooper Boyd, William Gillming and Corbin Boyd.

Friday Fun Club more than just playBy Sheila [email protected]

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Mercy Healthand theCincinnati Symphony Or-chestra offer free healthseminars throughout Cin-cinnati in April and May.

CSO violinist StaceyWoolley and bassistWayne Anderson joinMercy Health physicianDr. Stephen Wilson, whopractices internal and pe-diatric medicine, to pro-vide a unique and educa-tional look at the relation-ship between music andmedicine.

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sponds to the sound ofmusic. Light refresh-ments will be availableand attendees will havethe chance to win CSOtickets.

All seminars begin at 6p.m.

Dates and locationsfollow below:

» Tuesday, April 14, atMercy Health - FairfieldHealthPlex, Rooms A&B,3050 Mack Road, Fair-field 45014

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Experiencethe Light andSound of God

You are invited to theCommunity HU Song

2nd Sunday, 10:00 - 10:30 amECK Worship Service

11:00 am - NoonSecond Sunday of Each MonthAnderson Center Station

7832 Five Mile RoadCincinnati, OH 45230

1-800-LOVE GODwww.Eckankar.org

Local(513) 674-7001

www.ECK-Ohio.org

ECKANKAR

First Church of Christ,Scientist,

Anderson Township7341 Beechmont Avenue

(near Five Mile Road)email:

[email protected]

christiansciencecincinnati.comSunday Service & Sunday School

10:30 a.m.Wednesday Testimonial Meeting

7:30 p.m.In Church Reading Rm/Bookstore

open after all services.Downtown Reading Rm/Bookstore

412 Vine Street, CincinnatiOpen M-F 9:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.

First Church of Christ, Scientist3035 Erie Ave 871-0245Sunday Service and Sunday

School 10:30amWednesday Testimonial Meeting

7:30pmReading Room 3035 Erie Ave

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

CALVARY ALLIANCECHURCH

Senior Pastor, Rev. Dave Robinette986 Nordyke Road - 45255

(Cherry Grove turn off Beechmontat Beechmont Toyota)

Worship Service, Sunday 10:45 amClasses For All Ages, Sunday 9:15 amPrayer Service Wednesday, 6:45 pm

CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY

Hyde Park Baptist ChurchMichigan & Erie Ave

513-321-5856 Bill Rillo, PastorSunday Worship Services: 11:00am & 6:00pm

Sunday School: 9:45amWednesday Bible Study: 7:00pmwww.hydeparkbaptistchurch.org

BAPTIST

CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

www.cos-umc.orgTraditional Worship8:20am & 11:00am

Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages)

9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided

Reverend Jennifer Lucas,Senior Pastor

7515 Forest Road Cincinnati, OH 45255513-231-4172 • www.andersonhillsumc.org

TRADITIONAL WORSHIPSunday 8:30 & 11 am

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIPSunday 9:30 & 11 am

UNITED METHODIST

Equipping Service:4:30 p.m. Sat. & 8:50 a.m. Sun.

Exploring Service:10:00 a.m. & 11:10 a.m. Sun.Birth thru high school programs

3950 Newtown RoadCincinnati, OH 45244

513 272-5800www.horizoncc.com

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

3850 E. Galbraith,Deer Park

Next to DillonvaleShopping Ctr

www.TrinityCincinnati.org791-7631

Worship Service - 10:00AMSunday School - 10:15AM

PastorCathy Kaminski

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Sunday Worship: 9:00 & 10:15 AM withChildrens Ministry & Nursery

PASTOR MARIE SMITHwww.cloughchurch.org

Come, connect, grow & serve

UNITED METHODIST

6474 Beechmont Ave.,Cincinnati, Ohio 45230

513-231-2650www.mwpc.church

MT WASHINGTONPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday Worship9:30 a.m.

Morning Glory Service11:00 a.m. Traditional Service

SundaySchool9:30 a.m.

Infant through12th grade

Childcare11:00 a.m.

Infant throughKindergarten

MADEIRA-SILVERWOODPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

8000 Miami Ave. 513-791-4470www.madeirachurch.org

Sunday Worship9:00 am - Contemporary Service10:00am Educational Hour

11:00 am - Traditional Service

PRESBYTERIAN

Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.11020 S. Lebanon Road.

683-1556www.golovelive.com

Connections Christian Church7421 East GalbraithCincinnati, OH 45243

Phone: 513-791-8348 • Fax: 513-791-5648

Jeff Hill • Ministerwww.connectionscc.org

Worship Service 10:30amSunday School 9:15 am

FAITH CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

~ Solid Bible Teaching ~6800 School StreetNewtown, OH 45244

Phone: 271-8442Web: www.fcfc.us

Dr. R. Edgar Bonniwell, Senior PastorPastor Justin Wilson, Youth Minister

Vibrant Teen and Children’s MinistriesSunday Worship 10:30 am

All ages Sunday School 9:30 amWed. Fellowship Meal 6:00 pm

Wed. Worship/Bible Study 6:45 pmAll are Welcome!

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

John R. Anderson Jr.John R. Anderson Jr., 72, of

Anderson Township died March19.

Survived by wife, Sandy J.Anderson; daughter, RebeccaBerning; sister, Judith AnneSipple; mother-in-law, BarbaraMathauer; sister-and-brother-in-law Susan and John Ruter; andgrandchildren Jackson andOwen.

Preceded in death by daugh-ter, Jenny Anderson.

Services were March 26 atAnderson Hills United MethodistChurch, Cincinnati.

Rita R. AshleyRita R. Ashley, 88, of An-

derson Township died March 14.Survived by children Jim

(Cynthia) Ashley Jr., Kathy (Bill)Martin and Patti (Ted) Kappers;grandchildren Amy (Devin)Cridlebaugh, Scott (Kelly) Ash-ley, Sarah Fawley, Kevin (Rebec-ca) Kappers and Megan Kap-pers; great-grandchildren Cole,Sam, Caiden, Evie and Ty; andsister, Margie Imhoff.

Preceded in death by hus-band, James K. Ashley Sr.

Services were March 17 at E.C.Nurre Funeral Home, Amelia.Memorials to: the AmericanHeart Association or the Amer-ican Cancer Society.

Michael BurtMichael Burt, 52, of Anderson

Township died March 21.Survived by siblings Tina Hale,

Anthony (Debbie), Danny (Kim)and William Burt; and nephewof Terry (Tim) Murphy.

Preceded in death by parentsWilliam Burt and Mary Hatfield.

Services are private.

Joshua BenjaminCarrington

Joshua Benjamin Carrington,22, died March 21.

Survived by grandmother,Anna Mae Carrington; siblingsStephanie (Navid) Bashardoust,

Julie (GuySnouffer)Morris, Kristie(Patrick Lach)Morris, Jenni-fer (Chris)Voelpel,Andrea (Tim)Engel andChris Losack-er; aunts

Bonnie (Larry) Cherry and Cindy(Tim) Glascock; nieces andnephews Luke, Hannah, Mariaand Alex Bashardoust, Wadeand Rachelle Snouffer, Emma,Erika and Elissa Kovalchik, Alisonand Trevor Voelpel, Jacob,Kaitlyn and Baby Engel in April;and many cousins, family andfriends.

Preceded in death by mother,Deborah Ann Morris.

Memorials to: Fernside, 4360Cooper Road, Suite 100, Cincin-nati, OH 45242.

DEATHS

Carrington

Anderson HillsUnited MethodistChurchAnderson Hills United Method-ist Church has made it theirmission for the past 31 years tohelp families in need throughProject 5000. Now throughPalm Sunday, AHUMC is plan-ning to fill 1,200 boxes withfood for area pantries. Eachbox of food feeds a family offour for two days. Those whoattend Anderson Hills takeboxes and a food shopping listto fill the boxes. The food willbe delivered to InterParishMinistry, SEM, YMCA Batavia,Mercy Clermont Outreach,McCauley Health Center andVinton County Care Outreach.

AHUMC also partners withKroger at Anderson TowneCenter. This month, Krogeremployees donated their timeto fill 700 boxes that custom-ers can buy for about $25each. The food is then deliv-ered to AHUMC and onto thepantries.

Senior Pastor Mark Rowlandsays this year AHUMC is fo-cused on being “The Churchon the Move” and doing evenmore in the community. Formore information, visit thechurch website.

Traditional worship is 8:30 a.m.

and 11 a.m. in the sanctuary.Contemporary services are9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Familyand student ministry programsare at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

The church is at 7515 ForestRoad, Anderson Township;231-4172;andersonhillsumc.org.

Emmanuel UnitedMethodist ChurchSunday worship services are 9a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

The church is at Amelia OliveBranch Road and Old StateRoute 32, Batavia; www.em-manuel-umc.com.

First Baptist Churchof Anderson HillsThe annual community Easteregg hunt is 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.Saturday, April 4. The event isfor ages 3 through 12.

The church is at 1674 Eight MileRoad, Anderson Township;474-2441; [email protected] [email protected]

Glen Este Churchof ChristSunday worship is 8:30 a.m.and 10:30 a.m. Bible study is9:30 a.m. Youth groups at 6p.m.

The church is at 937 Old State

Route 74, Eastgate; 753-8223.

Locust CornerUnited MethodistLocust Corner United Method-ist Church welcomes PastorLarry Bechtol.

For Holy Week, Maundy Thurs-day service at 7 p.m., April 2;and Easter service at 8 a.m.,April 5.

Sunday worship services are at10 a.m. and Bible study is at 9a.m. and also Thursday eve-nings at 7 p.m.

The church is at 917 LocustCorner Road, Pierce Township;752-8459.

Lutheran Church ofthe ResurrectionThe Contemplative Communityof LCR invites all to a specialspring retreat at the LutheranChurch of the Resurrection,from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sat-urday, April 18. Leading andfacilitating will be Dr. SusanSmith, rector of St AlbansEpiscopal Church in Bexley.Smith has published manyarticles and led numerousworkshops and retreats overthe years. Her particular areaof study is creative liturgy,church rituals, prayer andcontemplation and has madethose areas a particular focus

in her message and ministry.Connecting all these areas isher emphasis on our relationto creation as a way of open-ing up to God’s revelationthrough the world for us.

The retreat will begin withcoffee and pastries at 9-9:30a.m. served in Fellowship Hall.At 9:30 a.m. all will gather inthe main sanctuary for in-troductions and Susan’s open-ing remarks.

The retreat will include talks bySusan, small group break outtimes, periods of individualcontemplation, prayer andjournaling. In addition, Susanplans to show a short DVD as abasis for a group discussion.The retreat will conclude witha Eucharistic service outside inthe Memorial Garden.

A catered lunch will be servedby LaSoupe in Newtown.Owner/chef Suzy DeYoung willgive a short presentationbeforehand on her philosophyand vision behind the found-ing of the ‘for profit-non-profit’ eatery that donates abowl of soup to the hungryfor every quart sold.

A sign-up fee for $20 includesthe breakfast and luncheon.RSVP by April 15 to allow forreservations and food plan-ning. Payment due on day ofretreat.

For more information contact

Martha Newfield [email protected] or DorisJancha at [email protected]

The church is at 1950 NagelRoad, Anderson Township;474-4938.

Mount WashingtonPresbyterian ChurchAll are welcome Sunday morn-ings at 9:30 for Sunday Schooland blended worship and at 11a.m. for traditional worship.

The church’s focus is on areahunger needs and we providefood and volunteer time togroups including the SEMPantry, the Batavia YWCAPantry, Tender Mercies, theDrop Inn Center and similarorganizations throughout theyear.

The church is offering servicesfor Maundy Thursday April 2,Good Friday April 3 and EasterServices April 5.

The church is at 6474 Beech-mont Ave., Mount Washing-ton; 231-2650;www.mwpc-church.org.

Mount WashingtonUnited MethodistChurchHoly Thursday (the Last Supper)is 7 p.m. April 2.

Good Friday (the seven lastwords from the cross) is 7 p.m.

Easter Sunday service is 10 a.m.An Easter egg hunt will followthe service.

Children’s and youth groups forkids kindergarten through12th-grade meet at 6:30 p.m.on the second and fourthSundays of the month.

Mission Outreach - “Imagineno Malaria - $10 Saves a Life.”Every 60 seconds a child inAfrica dies from malaria.Malaria is a preventabledisease. The United Method-ists worldwide, along with BillGates charities and otherorganizations have committedto stopping this killer disease.Donations are accepted.

On the second Saturday ofevery month, the communityis invited to a free dinner from5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at thechurch.

Sunday Morning Worship is 10a.m. Nursery care and childrenclasses are available.

The church is at 6365 CorblyRoad, 231-3946;www.mtwashumc.org.

About religionReligion news is published atno charge on a space-availablebasis. E-mail announcementsto areeves@community-

press.com.

RELIGION

EF High School Ex-change Year, a non profitorganization, and localinternational exchangecoordinators in the areaare looking to interviewprospective host fam-ilies to host high schoolage exchange studentswho will arrive in Au-gust.

Students are ages 15through 18, are fully in-sured, have their ownspending money and arefluent in English.

The students will at-tend Harrison HighSchool either for a se-mester or the entireschool year.

Host families areasked to provide “roomand board” and a lovingfamily experience.

Host families canchoose the student theywould like to host; match-ing interests and a “goodfit” for their family dy-namic. Host familiesqualify for a tax deduc-tion.

If you would like tolearn more please con-tact Cathy Bruckert at874-7548 or 702-7686 [email protected] can visit EF on theweb at www.efexchan-geyear.org and www.ex-changestories.com.

Exchange groupinterviewinghost families


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8002 Witts Mill Lane: Rob-inson, Irene & HeinleinMichele to Lumpkin, StephenL. & Mary A.; $325,000.

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6122 Corbly Road: HomeOwnership Center of GreaterCincinnati Inc. The to Stew-art, Christopher J. & KarolynA.; $112,700.

1945 Lehigh Ave.: Davidson,Deborah T. & Paul H. toStein, Karl A.; $43,600.

2055 Oxford Ave.: Brokamp,Dorothy J. & Adam C. toYeatman Lodge No. 162;$72,000.

6616 Rainbow Lane: Pearson,Robert to Midfirst Bank;$108,558.

2452 Sanctuary Circle: Buzun,Susan to Gray, Meagan E.;$175,000.

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8466 Beechmont Ave.: Na-tional Republic Bank ofChicago The to LivoniaProperties LLC; $350,000.

1677 Citadel Place: Pathak,Nigam G. to Comella, John;$160,000.

6991 Clough Pike: Goefft,Carol Sue to Wolfer, NormanR. Jr. & Rickal L.; $17,200.

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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

6400 block of Clough Pike,March 13.

Male stated ID used with noauthorization (IRS tax related) at8600 block of Manitoba Drive,March 9.

Wallet taken from behind host

ANDERSON TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsAssaultJuvenile male was assaulted atAltercrest at Sutton Road, March5.

Breaking and enteringFourteen batteries taken fromcellphone tower; $4,200 at 7600block of Beechmont, March 8.

Batteries and copper taken fromcellphone tower; $4,350 at 2000block of Wolfangle, March 7.

A safe and money taken; $2,500cash at 8200 block of Beech-mont, March 9.

Attempt made to enter conces-sion stand at Riverside Park,March 9.

Drug instrumentsSyringe, used for heroin, found invehicle during traffic stop at2200 block of Beechmont,

March 12.Drug paraphernaliaHypodermic needle found onnon-breathing subject in TacoBell lot at Beechmont Ave.,March 13.

Inducing panicMale, in vehicle, pointed gun atcomplainant at area of I-275 atFive Mile, March 8.

Obstructing official businessSubject gave false name to officerat 6700 block of Kellogg Ave.,March 12.

TheftFirearms taken at 7600 block ofAthenia Drive, March 8.

Xbox, video games, etc. takenfrom truck at U-Haul at 8200block of Beechmont, March 9.

Cellphone, etc. taken fromvehicle at Riverside Park at,March 8.

Cellphone taken from vehicle at

Riverside Park; $300 at, March 8.Purse taken from vehicle at 6900block of Salem Road, March 12.

Wallet taken from vehicle at 6400block of Beechwood Terrace,March 11.

Check taken and forged; $638 at

desk at Carrabba’s at BeechmontAve., March 8.

Male stated ID used with noauthorization (IRS tax related) at8200 block of Bridle Road,March 14.

Underage consumptionFemale juvenile consumed 2/3bottle of liquor at 7100 block ofWoodridge, March 14.

CINCINNATI DISTRICT 2Incidents/investigationsAggravated robbery6000 block of Colter Ave., March10.

Assault2300 block of Beechmont Ave.,March 15.

Burglary6500 block of Coffey St., March 9.Criminaldamaging/endangering

1900 block of Sutton Ave., March11.

Domestic violence -knowingly harm6300 block of Corbly St., March15.

Theft1100 block of Deliquia Drive,March 13.

2000 block of Beechmont Ave.,March 11.



6500 block of Copperleaf Lane,March 12.

Unauthorized use of motorvehicle5400 block of Beechmont Ave.,March 9.

Unlawful restraint1500 block of Sutton Ave., March10.

POLICE REPORTS

The popular Books bythe Banks Book Festival isseeking talented authorsand illustrators for theOctober event

The Books by theBanks Book Festival hasattracted all-star authorssuch as Gillian Flynn(”Gone Girl”), R.J. Palacio(”Wonder”), Marc Brown(the “Arthur” series), andmany more throughout itsnine-year history.

Now the festival issearching for the nextround of writers and illus-trators to join the 2015lineup.

Participants are askedto complete an applicationto appear in this year’sBooks by the Banks Book

Festival, set for 10 a.m.-4p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, atthe Duke Energy Conven-tion Center in downtownCincinnati.

The deadline to applyis June 30.

Due to funding, seat-ing, and scheduling limi-tations, the selectionprocess is highly compet-itive.

Priority is given to thefollowing categories:

» fiction (all genres);» narrative nonfiction

(history, biography, mem-oir);

» cookbooks and food-related titles;

» children’s literature; » young adult litera-

ture;

» regional history andinterest;

» graphic novels.Other categories may

be considered as space isavailable.

To be considered,books must have an ISBNand a bar code. They mustalso be available to Jo-seph-Beth Booksellersthrough regular distribu-tion procedures, which in-clude:

» The book must be100-percent returnable.

» The book must be eli-gible for a full discount (atleast a standard 40-per-cent trade discount).

In addition, books pub-lished between October2014 and October 2015 will

receive first considera-tion. For details on thesubmission process, visitwww.booksbythebank-s.org.

Complete the onlineform and submit a head-shot or publicity photo,book cover and press kit.Send, or have your publi-cist send, a copy of a fin-ished book or advancedreader copy, and a printedcopy of email confirma-tion to:

Books by the Banks Se-lection Team c/o Pro-grams Office

The Public Library ofCincinnati and HamiltonCounty

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